{"id":17275,"date":"2023-04-26T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/this-assignment-asks-you-to-do-just-that-break-a-social-norm-that-everyone-typically-obeys\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:00:15","slug":"this-assignment-asks-you-to-do-just-that-break-a-social-norm-that-everyone-typically-obeys","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/this-assignment-asks-you-to-do-just-that-break-a-social-norm-that-everyone-typically-obeys\/","title":{"rendered":"This assignment asks you to do just that: Break a social norm that everyone typically obeys."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observe a variety of social norms in action for a few days, then choose one to violate. You should break the norm several times, rather than once, and in a variety of settings involving different people. Examples of some norm violations are: sitting right next to a stranger in an otherwise empty movie theater; violating gender roles, such as a woman opening a door for a man; raising both hands simultaneously to ask a professor a question; looking at other riders rather than the floor numbers in an elevator; singing out loud in public; taking more than the maximum number of items to the grocery express check-out lane; imposing on someone\u2019s personal space; being excessively helpful or excessively difficult in response to a stranger\u2019s simple request.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Observe a variety of social norms in action for a few days, then choose one to violate. You should break the norm several times, rather than once, and in a variety of settings involving different people. Examples of some norm violations are: sitting right next to a stranger in an otherwise empty movie theater; violating gender roles, such as a woman opening a door for a man; raising both hands simultaneously to ask a professor a question; looking at other riders rather than the floor numbers in an elevator; singing out loud in public; taking more than the maximum number of items to the grocery express check-out lane; imposing on someone\u2019s personal space; being excessively helpful or excessively difficult in response to a stranger\u2019s simple request.\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Observe a variety of social norms in action for a few days, then choose one to violate. You should break the norm several times, rather than once, and in a variety of settings involving different people. Examples of some norm violations are: sitting right next to a stranger in an otherwise empty movie theater; violating gender roles, such as a woman opening a door for a man; raising both hands simultaneously to ask a professor a question; looking at other riders rather than the floor numbers in an elevator; singing out loud in public; taking more than the maximum number of items to the grocery express check-out lane; imposing on someone\u2019s personal space; being excessively helpful or excessively difficult in response to a stranger\u2019s simple request.\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Write a 1-page summary answering:\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1) Give a clear definition of what the norm is and how your behavior violated it.\n<\/div>\n<div>2) What were the reactions of other people as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>3) How did you feel as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>4) What function does the norm serve in society?\n<\/div>\n<div>5) How does it keep interaction flowing smoothly?\n<\/div>\n<div>6) What might have happened if you violated this norm in a different culture or subculture?\n<\/div>\n<div>Write a 1-page summary answering:\n<\/div>\n<div>1) Give a clear definition of what the norm is and how your behavior violated it.\n<\/div>\n<div>2) What were the reactions of other people as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>3) How did you feel as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>4) What function does the norm serve in society?\n<\/div>\n<div>5) How does it keep interaction flowing smoothly?\n<\/div>\n<div>6) What might have happened if you violated this norm in a different culture or subculture?\n<\/div>\n<div>Write a 1-page summary answering:\n<\/div>\n<div>1) Give a clear definition of what the norm is and how your behavior violated it.\n<\/div>\n<div>2) What were the reactions of other people as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>3) How did you feel as you broke the norm?\n<\/div>\n<div>4) What function does the norm serve in society?\n<\/div>\n<div>5) How does it keep interaction flowing smoothly?\n<\/div>\n<div>6) What might have happened if you violated this norm in a different culture or subculture?\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observe a variety of social norms in action for a few days, then choose one to violate. 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